I Gave Up What I Can't Keep

It Was No Accident, No Coincidence, That The Seasons Came Round And Round Year After Year. It Was The Lord Speaking To Us All And Showing Us Over And Over Again The Birth, Life, Death, And Resurrection Of His Only Begotten Son, Our Savior, Jesus Christ, Our Lord. It Was Like A Best-loved Story Being Told Day After Day With Each Sunrise And Sunset, Year After Year With The Seasons, Down Through The Ages Since Time Began.

Michael Had Once Read To Her How God Had Cast A Man And Woman Out Of Paradise. Yet, For All Their Human Faults And Failures. God Had Shown Them The Way Back In.

Stand Firm In The Lord. Stand Firm And Let Him Fight Your Battle. Do Not Try To Fight Alone.

Julia Looked Back At Hadassah On The Bloodstained Sand. A Great Emptiness Opened Within Her As She Looked At The Still Form. Gone, Too, Was The Salt That Had Kept Her From Completely Corruption.

True Beauty Is Rare, And Seldom Recognized By The One Who Possesses It.